Tension device



(N0 Modell) D. W. MCG'LENEN.

TENSION DEVICE.

Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL W. MOGLENEN, OF ORESTON, OHIO.

TENSION DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,770, dated November8, 1892.

Application filed June 14, 1892. Serial No. 436,707. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known'that I. DANIEL W. McGLnNEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Orestou,in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Tension Device, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in tension devices for wirefences.

The object of the present invention is to provide for wire fences asimple and in ex pensive tension device in which tension-springs will beprotected from the weather, and thereby greatly increase the durabilityof fences.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l. is a perspective view of afence constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewof a post, the section being taken longitudinally of the fence to showthe tensionsprings. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another post, thesection being taken transversely of the fence to illustrate theturning-pins.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates horizontal fence-wires, each of which has one end connected to a spiral spring 2, which is arranged in a socket 3 of a post4, and its other end secured to a turning-pin 5, arranged in atransverse perforation 6 of a post 7. The posts at and 7 are arranged atthe ends of the fence or section of the same. The post 4: is providedwith a vertical series of spring-sockets 3 and the post 7 has a verticalseries of transverse perforations to receive the turning-pin and aseries of openings 8, through which the wires pass to the turning-pins.The other ends of the wires enter perforations 9 and are attached to theends 10 of the spiral springs, whereby by tightening the wire the spiralspring will be compressed and will yield to the expansion andcontraction of the wire and maintain the latter taut and prevent thebreaking. The turning-pins 5 taper from the heads 11 to their other endsand are arranged in slightly-conical openings and are adapted to bedriven in the openings or perforations 6 to secure the wires at anydesired tension, and they may be turned by a wrench or any othersuitable tool. The spiral springs 2 are arranged entirely within thesockets and are concealed by a pivoted board 12, which closes the outerends or months of the sockets and which is pivoted at its upper end andhas its lower end beveled and arranged to engage a keeper 13. By thisarrangement the springs are protected from the weather and are lessinfluenced by the heat of summer and the cold of winter than they wouldbe were they entirely exposed and arranged on the outside of a post.

What I claim is- The combination of the post 7, a series of turning-pinsmounted in the post, a post at, provided with a series of horizontalsockets of cylindrical form and having corresponding perforationscommunicating with the sockets, the spiral springs arranged within thesockets, the fence-wires connected at one end to the turning-pins andtwisted at the other end around the outer coils of the spiral springs, aboard arranged on the outer face of the post 4, covering thespring-sockets, pivoted at its upper end to the post and adapted toswing laterally to uncover the sockets, and a keeper arranged at thelower end of the pivoted board and mounted on the post, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL W. MOGLENEN.

Witnesses:

W. G. OSBORNE, J. D. FOUNTAIN.

